Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 13, 1940 Page: 3 of 36
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Civilian Killed In
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Dozen Others Hurt
Dr. Caton Reports To
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SAN JUAN—Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
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LOS FRESNOS—Ben Baskin, of
■ Texas A. & M. and Mr and Mrs.
|R. Wray and Mr and Mrs. James
Swann of Kerrville have returned
to their homes.
VAN HORN GETS RAIN
VAN HORN. Tex.-H/Pi—A slow
rain, the best in many months, fell
over Culberson county Friday.
Bread Monopoly In
Mexico la Reported
MEXICO CITY—'^—Taking of.
ficial notice of steadily mounting
bread prices here, the chamber of
deputies Saturday sought means of
breaking an alleged monopoly on
basic materials, said to have caused
the increase in retail prices.
Members of a special commission
which will investigate the problem
said the chamber had full power
to fix bread prices at a lower rate
if they found evidence of illegal
manipulation.
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LOS FRESNOS- Nolan C Haleb-
er. teacher in the local schools and
director of the high school band,
has been employed as director oi
the Port Isabel school band, Mr.
Hatcher will meet with the band
group there each Tuesday evening
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A solitary man stands among the ruins of University
College library in London, which British sources say
was destroyed by aenai bombs dropped during a Nazi
air raid on the citv.
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liams underwent a major operation
Friday morning at Mercy Hospital large vessel and the quay at Tobruk.
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THEY NEED OIL
TULSA, Okla. -44V- The new
German-Italian - Japanese military
Axis “is a combination of weakness
rather than strength * so far as oil
resources are concerned. C. O. Wil-
son. editor of the Oil and Gas Jour-
nal. said Friday.
Speech Conference Is
Set December 7
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WPA Allows Workers
Recess To Register
SAN ANTONIO —UP>— All WPA
project workers will be given time
off without loss of pay to register
for selective military service Octo-
ber 16 and all administrative and
project workers who are requested
to serve in registering will be per-
mitted to do so without loss of pay. I
H. P. Drought, state administrator,
announced Thursday.
McALLEN—Don Irwin of the Mc-
Allen high school faculty, announc- I
ed Saturday that the South Texas
Speech Conference scheduled for
McAllen will be held December 7
instead of December 14.
Irwin said the change was made
because important speech activities
at the University of Texas would
not permit the speakers to be pres-
ent on December 14 Speakers will
include Dr. Thomas Rousse, direc-
tor of debate of the University of
Texas: Roy Bedichek. director of j
the bureau of Public School Extra-
curricular Activities; and F. L
Winship, director of speech activS-
ties. Interscholastic League.
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MISSION—Public schools will be
dismissed for registration of young
men of draft age Wednesday here
and at nearby Tabasco where the
faculties have volunteered to assist. |
Many other volunteer workers will I
sene without pay. L. H. Ramev, ■
registrar for precinct I*, has asked
for additional help and those who '
wish to volunteer have been asked
to contact him over the week-end
so that they can be notified of their j
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larly helpful. Ramey satd Two shifts
of workers are planned in North
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MONTGOMERY Ala. — opi — A
civilian was killed and a dozen oth- i
er persons injured Saturday when
an explosion wrecked the post ex- j
change building at Mifxwell Field. I
southeast air corps training center. ■
Lieut Col. Floyd E. Galloway, j
post commander, said the explosion
possibly was caused by a small fire ■
and accumulated gas.
A military board of inquiry was
called.
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Hallowe’en Carnival
PHARR—An old fashioned earn!- '
val with entertainment for every J
member of the family is being
planned for Hallowe’en night. Oc-
tober 31. at the Pharr Grammar
school under the sponsorship of i
the P.-T. A., announces Mrs. Earl
Caldwell, president.
Among the games will be bingo,
fortune teller, dart board, cake walk
and numerous other carnival “side
shows.’’ All proceeds above actual
expenses will go to the P -T. A for
needed school projects and welfare
work during the year.
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Old Llano Resident
LLANO — <4h—• Funeral services |
were held here Saturday for J W
Fowler. 88. who had lived here [
nearly 60 years. *0
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By British Bomber*
CAIRO— rn —Fires were Mt «t
Italy's principal Libyan naval base,
Bengasi, in a military Mation. among
warehouses and aboard a moored
ship, the RAF reported Saturday
night m a review of Friday’s oper-
ations.
Direct hits were made on another
ship and bombs fell close to another
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in Brownsville. Her condition was another Italian base in Libya, a
reported “satisfactory” that after- communique said, among other ex-
noon.
1500 Attend I.O.O.F.
Meet At Fort Worth
FORT WORTH—More than
1.500 delegates are expected to at-
tend the 89th annual session of the
grand encampment of the state of
Texas Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the joint meeting of
the ladies’ auxiliary which begin.-
here Sunday for three days.
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McALLEN—Seven selections will
be played by the Little Symphony
Orchestra of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley at its inaugural concert at
8 30 p.m Wednesday. October 16.
at the McAllen junior high school
auditorium. Mrs. Blanche Doster,
publicity chairman, announced Sat-
urday.
The numbers to be presented are
“War March", Mendelssohn. “Cesti
Fan Tutte" by Mozart. "The Student
Prince" by Sigmund Romberg.
“Echoes" from operas. “Minuet" by
Paderewski. “Hungarian Dance No.
. 5" by Brahms and “Waltz Sleeping
Beauty" bv Tchaikowsky.
Tickets for the concert will be 25
cents each and are on sale at Palm-
er’s drug store. Young’s drug store
and Young's Music store in McAI-
|lcn.
The following members of the
symphony will participate:
Annabelle Adam. Dr. I. J Berk.
Lester Birch. Ruby Birch. Howard
Birch. Augusta Brough, Marie
Chaney, Maynard Collova. Richard
Cooper. Mrs. Doneis. Jean Emery.
Fletcher Giendenning. Margaret
Glendenning. Frank Giendenning.
Everitt Graham. Ruth Connell. Lois
Mae Headjey. Mervin Headley. Billy
Kelly, Jean Kimbrough. Jerry King.
Betty Joe Langston. Mr. Lively.
Anna Marie Mahone. Betty Mark.
Oscar Mark Sr.. Walter Maurer.
Louis Metlach. Lucille Mctlach. F. C.
McCord. Roberta Parks. Mrs. Porter.
Harold Reynolds. Leroy Reynolds.
Marilyn Rowe. Richard Schmidt.
Eleanor Smith. Granger Smith Sr..
Andrew Stephens. Marjorie Vannoy.
Mane Wahlers. Mrs Wallare. Eileen
Waters. Betty Joe Watts. Flo West-
phal. Carolyn Williams. Herman
Wren and Billy Wurtz.
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McALLEN — Dr. McKee Caton
left Saturday to report for duty at
Fort Sam Houston Hospital at San
Antonio as a captain in the reserve
officers corps.
Dr. Caton received his notice this
week for “extended duty” at the
hospital Monday morning. He said
he thought it was for at least a
year and possibly longer.
Mrs. Caton and their daughter
accompanied him to San Antonio. |
but will return within a few days ;
to look after business matters here,
then she will join Dr. Caton and
they will make their home in San
Antonio.
Dr. Noel Ice of Cleveland. Ohio,
has moved here to make his home
and will take over Dr. Caton’s prac- i
tice. He will have his offices in
the Nassar Building.
Dr. Caton is the second of the
reserve officers to be called to active
duty during the present crisis, the j
first being Lieutenant Oscar Nor-
ling. who is stationed at Fort Ring-
gold. Rio Grande City.
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